Intrahospital transport to the radiology department: Risk for adverse events, nursing surveillance, utilization of a MET, and practice implications

Journal of Radiology Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 49-54

  Ott, Lora K ^a   Hoffman, Leslie A ^a   Hravnak, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrahospital transport; Medical emergency team; Patient safety; Radiology nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; NURSE; NURSING CARE; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RADIOLOGY NURSING; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79958073568     PISSN: 15460843     EISSN: 15559912     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jradnu.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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